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NGC3444

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:52:59.4
Declination: +10:12:38
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 14.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, pmE
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3444

24" (2/22/14): at 260x appeared faint, small, edge-on 3:1 SSW-NNE, 21"x7", low even surface brightness, not difficult.  Located 6' NE of a mag 9.6 star and 14' ENE of NGC 3433.